Funke Akindele’s Everybody Loves Jennifer rakes in N1.6bn in cinemas
Filmone, the film’s distributor, disclosed this on its Instagram page @filmoneng, on Monday.
Actress Funke Akindele’s new film, Everybody Loves Jennifer, has been declared the highest grossing film of all time in West Africa.
The movie released to cinemas exactly one month ago has raked in N1.6 billion across cinemas.
Filmone, the film’s distributor, disclosed this on its Instagram page @filmoneng, on Monday.
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The company wrote: “A billy gang, we’re up! Everybody Loves Jennifer has grossed over 1.6 billion Naira at the box office!
“We can’t thank you enough for showing this movie all your love!”
Also, Akindele took to her Instagram page @funkejenifaakindele to celebrate the feat and thank her fans.
She wrote: “Na God do am. I am so grateful to you all.
“I no know wetin I go write again.”
https://x.com/funkeakindele/status/1878838754745712863
BRANDECONOMY reports that “Everybody Loves Jennifer” was released into cinemas on Dec. 13, 2024.
Funke Akindele came into the limelight after starring in the popular United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)-sponsored sitcom I Need to Know, which ran from 1998 to 2002. Funke Akindele played Bisi, a curious but highly intelligent secondary school student. Funke Akindele’s big break came in 2008 when she appeared in the movie Jenifa.
In 2010, she starred in gangsters two-parter film Omo Ghetto that became a cult-classic with massive influence on Yoruba pop-culture at the time. She has since gone on to produce and star in successful Yoruba films, establishing her status as an undisputed household name in the region.
In 2013, Akindele ventured fully into what is known as the English part of the industry, amassing fans in the eastern part of the country and throughout the entire nation.
In an interview in July 2016, Funke Akindele stated she was acting less in the Yoruba film industry at that time because of piracy. Akindele played the lead character in the TV show Jenifa’s Diary, alongside Fisayo Ajisola, Falz, Juliana Olayode, and Aderounmu Adejumoke. The show was a soft reboot of the movie Jenifa. The 2018 comedy film Moms at War starred Funke Akindele and Omoni Oboli. In July 2019, Akindele started a new web series, Aiyetoro Town, a spin-off from her popular TV series, Jenifa’s Diary. She was the former CEO of Scene One Film Production.
